Hand-leggja
Old Norse Dictionary - hand-leggja
Meaning of Old Norse word "hand-leggja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hand-leggja
- lagði, = handfesta; h. e-m e-t, to pledge, confirm by handlög, Dipl. ii. 5; h. e-m land, til eignar, to sell an estate by handlög, Dipl. ii. 8, Thom. 298; handlagði Sophia kirkjunni til eignar þrjá tigi hundraða, Pm. 9: to seize, Post. (Fr.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚾᛏ-ᛚᛁᚴᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Pm.
- Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)